Curing Student Underachievement Clinical

This book introduces practicing leaders and leaders-in-training to the protocols of clinical practice by taking the reader through the twelve steps of the clinical cycle with specific strategies and exercises to provide practice in the application, use, and assessment of the model.

Philip Esbrandt has served in all line positions in public education from teacher through superintendent in very challenging schools and districts. He is known as a "performance turnaround" specialist. Bruce Hayes has been involved in the study and application of educational reform strategies on five continents. He has served as a teacher, coach, superintendent of schools, and graduate adjunct professor.

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: Clinical Practice in Education	p. ix
The Clinical Practice Cycle for Performance Improvement	p. I
Understanding the Anatomy and Physiology of Districts and Schools	p. I 3
Research is Everyone's Responsibility and It Starts with Data	p. 3 1
Identifying the Vital Signs of Performance Health	p. 45
Clustering Vital Signs to Determine a Course of Action	p. 57
Diagnostic Options for the District, Schools, Employees, and Students	p. 67
Prescriptions and Prognoses: Prioritizing Solutions to Educational Problems	p. 83
Increasing Commitment and Capacity for Improvement	p. 101
Using Protocols and Milestones to Promote Consistency and Thoroughness	p. 117
Monitoring and Measuring Improvement Progress through Indicators, Contraindicators, and Side Effects	p. 131
Managing Performance-Improvement Processes	p. 143
Leadership for More-Effective Organizations	p. 157
Leadership in the Flow of Organizational Change	p. 171
Leaders as Performance-Improvement Health Specialists	p. 183
Development of a National Network for Performance Improvement	p. 195
Notes	p. 205
Index	p. 211
List of Strategies by Chapter	p. 215
About the Authors	p. 219
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Curing Student Underachievement Clinical Practice for School Leaders

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